A senior Conservative peer and consumer campaigner has written an article strongly defending the private rental sector, agents and landlords. Baroness Altmann of Tottenham - who as...

The research department of Countrywide’s Hamptons International brand says the stamp duty holiday introduced yesterday on homes selling for £500,000 or less is likely to save...

Former Labour Baroness Alicia Kennedy, the new director of the campaign group Generation Rent, claims 500,000 renters are in arrears as a result of the Coronavirus...

Four buy to let investors have each been fined £10,000 for letting out unlicensed HMOs. The unlicensed properties , all in the Greenwich area, include a two-bedroom HMO rented...

While England’s housing market is almost fully operational, within social distancing guidelines, there are still some restrictions in Wales. Now the Welsh Government has updated its information...

In what is claimed to be an industry first, PropTech platform Goodlord has signed the Race Fairness Commitment. This commits Goodlord to following data-driven measures to combat...

Another agent reports huge surge in supply of London properties to let Yesterday Chestertons reported a large rise in the supply of homes to let - and...

The volume of UK home-hunters searching for pet-friendly rental properties has jumped since the start of lockdown, according to a rental platform. Searches for homes allowing pets have more than...

Automated lettings and management platform teclet has announced a new inventory solution with No Letting Go and its Kaptur inventory app. Kaptur enables agents to produce inventories...

One of the capital’s largest lettings agencies says business is recovering well, although ironically rents are down 10% and increased activity is fuelled by worries of...

A council with a large number of short let properties within its boundaries is urging owners to convert them to traditional longer-term rental units. Edinburgh council has...

A lettings sector trade body, acting with homelessness charities, is urging the government to do more as young people in rented housing become more vulnerable as...

Shelter has launched an email campaign to the Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick, urging him to act to avoid “unfair evictions that could lead to more homelessness.” The...

A Bill which would have introduced a general cap on rent increases in the private rental sector has been abandoned by the Scottish Parliament. The Fair Rents...

Activists who praised the government for its eviction ban in recent months have now turned on it in a last-ditch attempt to secure another extension. Last week...

The National Residential Landlords Association has dismissed the latest claims by campaigning charity Shelter that landlords have not done enough to help tenants during the Coronavirus...

Propertymark has announced that the leadership structure of the lettings side is to be merged with the estate agency section, with just one chief executive from...

David Smith - a solicitor specialising in residential property, agency and regulatory law - today launches a book advising property professionals on compliance. Smith says GDPR is...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has given Letting Agent Today a statement trying to soothe critics of its decision to finally end the...

ARLA Propertymark and other organisations from across the housing sector have joined forces to support tenants and landlords facing rent arrears as a result of the...

Deposits have risen as much as 24 per cent in the past year in some parts of the UK - according to a survey from a...

The latest snapshot of the lettings market from PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that activity is much stronger now than a year ago, with rents rising in...

A council in London, where landlords yields and margins are already tight, says it wants to charge £550 for a renewed selective licence operating for five...

Specialist letting agent My Property Box has teamed up with a private equity firm to go on the acquisition trail. The Darlington-headquartered company, which lets homes throughout...

The government says it’s currently working to ensure the eviction process returns smoothly when the ban expires in late August. In the House of Commons yesterday, in...

ARLA Propertymark has expressed its pleasure that the eviction ban, already extended by two months, will now expire at the end of August. The announcement came through...

A new league table has been produced listing locations where a mix of rental yield and capital growth have given buy to let investors their best...

London Fire Brigade’s deputy assistant commissioner for fire safety has praised the new safety regulations which have now come in to effect in the private rental...

Deposit alternative system and rental financial services platform Canopy has raised over £2m in a funding round that was oversubscribed within 48 hours. Canopy intends to use...

The government appears to have confirmed that the evictions ban will end in late August and courts will resume hearing possession cases from that time.  Responding to...

A pro-tenant campaign group has this morning kicked off its campaign to have the eviction ban - already extended until late August - extended further or...

One of the rental sector’s highest-profile trade bodies has accused pro-tenant group Generation Rent of needlessly scaring renters with the spectre of homelessness. As we report elsewhere...

In another sign of concern at the speed and volume of eviction cases once the ban is lifted at the end of next month, ARLA Propertymark...

Some 47 per cent of all properties in the private rental sector in England are now managed by ARLA Propertymark member agents. The organisation has calculated this...

One of the biggest names in the Build To Rent sector, Legal & General, says all of its new housing stock will be ‘net zero carbon...

Confusion over Electrical Inspection Condition Reports, created by inaccurate statements from the government, has been slammed by a housing law expert.  Last week many agents and landlords...

Agents and landlords are urged to lobby MPs to highlight the threat of the current eviction ban and to urge no further renewal of the measure. The...

The latest market snapshot produced by agent data suggests that rent increases have hit a new low as the Coronavirus impacts on the private rental sector.  ARLA Propertymark’s...

The council at the centre of one of the planning controversies involving Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has issued a warning to the buy to let sector. Tower...

Landlords who are remortgaging are currently doing so primarily to build a war chest. That’s the view of mortgage brokerage Mortgages for Business, which says some 30...

A prominent economist who has called for a raft of measures to protect tenants during the Coronavirus crisis is now calling for a legally-enforced 20 per...

Shelter is calling for stricter enforcement against letting agents in Northern Ireland which it claims are illegally charging tenants fees for their work. Northern Ireland operates under...

The militantly pro-tenant Generation Rent group says it’s working with local councils to have a new “tenants’ charter” introduced. The new director of the pressure group -...

A stamp duty cut could reinvigorate the buy to let market and the wider economy as the country comes out of lockdown. That’s the view of David...

Some weeks later than usual for understandable reasons, the ESTAS Awards 2020 are almost here - and for the first time they’re going virtual. The event, sponsored...

Two thirds of letting agents will still have staff on furlough next month according to a survey of 231 agencies - and 40 per cent of...

Pro-tenant campaign group Generation Rent says judges should have more power to protect tenants from eviction while the Coronavirus outbreak continues. The demand is one of three...

Figures unearthed by the Daily Telegraph show the scale of the arrears and eviction court case backlog likely to face the industry later this year. Quoting information...

The BBC has shone a spotlight on lockdown parties being held in contravention of social distancing rules at properties advertised on Airbnb and other short let...

A new book from a prominent industry supplier aims to help lettings and estate agents modernise their business and futureproof it for the next decade. 'The Estate...